Lead QA Engineer
Location: DE, BE, Berlin
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Associate
Industry: E-Learning
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Babbel enables anyone to learn languages in an easy and interactive way. The learning system offers 13 languages, from English to Indonesian. Users with and without previous knowledge can access grammar and thematic courses as well as vocabulary, writing and listening comprehension exercises online and on the go. In addition to the full courses for web, iOS and Android, there are also vocabulary trainer apps for Windows 8 and the Kindle Fire.Babbel is operated by Lesson Nine GmbH in Berlin. The company was founded in August 2007 and now has approximately 250 employees and freelancers and is opening an office in New York City (Lower East Side).

Job description:
We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer (f/m, full-time) to start immediately in our office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany.With millions of regular users and more than 7000 hours of premium content, #URL_8e4e9897aecb1980ec96e296864343a4402263bc440bec39377381446da44dc8# is growing fast while shaping the future of learning.You are an enthusiastic, high energy individual who breathes QA and agile and is eager to apply his deep experience as well as lead and mentoring skills in a fast moving growth environment to build up solid QA practices within our engineering department.Responsibilities:establishing QA practices in all software engineering teamsmentor regarding QA within agile methodologiesas a member of on of our agile teams you will have the following day to day responsibilitiesarchitecture/design reviewstest planning &amp; designtest execution and reporting test review &amp; maintenance

Requirements:
Minimum  7 years of experience in software QAMinimum  3 years of experience as QA team leadMinimum 2 years experience in testing mobile apps (Android/iOS)Knowledge of Android / iOS environmentsExperience in mobile test automationVery good understanding of software development life cycleVery good understanding of test design techniquesSolid knowledge on test levels and test methodologiesProven experience in using defect management (e.g.JIRA) and test management systemsGood communication and assertiveness as well as systematic and conceptual way of workingPassion for building great productsOpen minded, outgoing, self­ confident and positive personalityCan do attitude, great team playerFluent written and spoken EnglishBONUS: Experience in training and implementing test tools and methodsBONUS: ISTQB Advanced Technical Test AnalystBONUS: Thorough knowledge of mobile SDKs (Android/iOS)BONUS: Experience in developing mobile appsBONUS: Experience in working with Continous Integration and TDDBONUS: Understanding of Scrum and Kanban methodologiesBONUS: Scripting Skills

Benefits:
The potential to change the way of learning for millions of users worldwideResponsibility from day one and professional and personal growthWork within a fast growing teamParticipate in hackdays,  technology brown-bagsA lively startup atmosphere with friendly working hoursLong-term prospectsA vibrant international team from over 20 different nationalitiesExcellent working conditions with a location in the heart of the Berlin sceneGreat company benefits (high-end company bike, fresh fruits &amp; drinks, Hackathons etc.)Check out our jobs page, our blog and our techblog to get an impression of how we work at Babbel!